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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Things About Obama, McCain, Biden, Palin, the Two Parties and The Mainstream Media That Everyone Should Know

"[The Vice Presidential candidate] had had no experience in relations with Britain or Russia...didn't know the right people...[The Vice Presidential candidate] didn't know [the] Secretary of State, more than to say hello. [The Vice Presidential candidate] had no background in foreign policy, no expert or experienced advisors...to call upon for help."

"To many, it was...that the least of elected officials--ar at any rate the least likely of them--[would] assume the President's place upon his death."

No. David McCullough, biographer of Democrat Harry S. Truman. While those quotes were of Truman after Roosevelt's death, it is clear that, since McCullough further documents how "unprepared, bewildered" Truman remained throughout his Vice Presidency, it is obvious that he was so before becoming Vice President.

Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus...Pontius Pilate was a governor.~ Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., on the floor of the U.S. House

"MAJOR" LEGISLATION "WRITTEN" BY OBAMA? No.Two Laws, Naming a Post Office and Promoting Relief and Democracy for the Congo? Yes.

This was posted by a commenter to a story about Palin's interview with Charlie Gibson:

Posted by: Neon at September 13, 2008

Just because McCain repeats it frequently does not mean that Obama hasn't written any legislation. He was sponsor of 136 bills in the US senate and cosponsor of 619 other bills. This includes the Coburn-Obama Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency act of 2006 which was a major ethics reform bill. That doesn't include any amendments or committee work. His Illinois senate seat had more constituents than the whole state of Alaska.

For a complete list of his sponsored bills go here (http://tinyurl.com/6nzbg4)

It didn't create the requirement for accountability/transparency; that already existed. Its sole purpose was to "ensure the existence and operation of a single searchable website, accessible by the public at no cost to access" for federal funding info.

That law only created a website. That's it. Valuable, yes. Groundbreaking and major? No.

Being cosponsor of that many bills is really not saying much. They all cosponsor tons of bills. It's tagalong time for them all. A lot like signing a petition, for you or me.

Also, please provide your objective sources that Obama sponsored 136 bills, with a list please, or even a few names of the bills that passed into law. I'd really like to see them. Because remember, if they don't at least become law, they're really not noteworthy, never mind "major."

Anyone can "lift" selective quotes or "facts" from Wikipedia alone. If I did that, I might have lifted this, from that tinyurl link which directs us to Wikipedia here which cites FactCheck.org which in turn cites the definitive THOMAS site documenting the Library of Congress:

An accurate comparison would have included only the bills Obama has sponsored that have been signed into law. Obama has had just two in his three years:[1]

S. 3757, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the "Katherine Dunham Post Office Building.

S. 2125, A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

I'd really love to get to the bottom of "McCain only spent 15 minutes meeting with Palin before choosing her."

I know there was lots of speech-film reviewing of Palin, but by whom, McCain and/or his team? How much time did JM and SP spend talking on the phone prior to the nod? My guess is they spent a lot of that time, over months.

I know from extensive personal experience in my "day-job" for over 15 years that, when done right and in depth, I have interviewed, recommended and successfully placed half-a-million-dollar candidates in CxO executive positions with my client companies, without ever having met them face-to-face, and only by multiple, extensive phone interviews and discussions, plus references.

If you truly hit upon "that right person", it is most definitely not necessary to meet them in person at all. Some of my closest, most important placed executives and business references are men and women whom I have never met or met only once. Yet they have unequivocally and wholeheartedly recommended me and my contributions to everyone who has ever asked.

I've queried Factcheck.org to explore just exactly the kinds and quantities of communications McCain and camp engaged in with Palin and her references prior to her being chosen.

The "only 15 minutes" story that even respected maintream media are lobbing around truly sounds like total bunk to me.

FactCheck.org on Obama's Speech: "He stuck to the facts, except when he stretched them." It sounds like more than "stretching" when FactCheck uses phrases including "That's wrong", "twisted McCain’s words", "isn't correct", "This is misleading", "Obama gave only half the story" and shows that Obama generally omits several other important facts from his speech.

* And Mr. Obama is not running his campaign's day-to-day operation. His manager, David Plouffe, assisted by others, makes the decisions about the $335 million the campaign has spent. Even if Mr. Obama is his own campaign manager, does that qualify him for president?

In Alaska, the Governor has line-item veto power over the budget and can only be overridden by a three-quarters majority of the Legislature. In 1992, the year Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected President, his state budget was $2 billion and among the smallest in the country. Compared to that, Sarah Palin is an executive giant.

Why didn't anyone ask Mr. Biden to stay home and care for his young, motherless sons rather than take his seat in the U.S. Senate? Apparently, I am going against the trend because I am a pro-choice Hillary supporter who will be voting for John McCain and Sarah Palin in November.

Elizabeth Bobe Barron Panama City, Fla.

Ms. Kay and Ms. Shipman [authors of this article questioning Sarah Palin's ability to "do it all well" and asking "why is she doing it?"] write that "It is not sexist to have this conversation. It is sexist not to." They are completely wrong. When did anyone question John Edwards' run for the presidency when he had two young children and a terminally ill wife? No one ever questioned how he would juggle his home life and familial demands with truly the most inflexible job.

My liberal friends were outraged when rumours about Barack Obama attending a Madrassa or being a Muslim surfaced on the internet, but all week they have been gleefully trading emails of Sarah Palin distortions.

There was the doctored picture of her carrying a rifle, wearing a stars-and-stripes bikini while a man in the background drank Schlitz beer. Or dopey quotes about God, creationism and moose, all of which have been subsequently debunked....It's no wonder the latest Washington Post poll shows an unprecedented shift of 20 points among white women towards McCain since he announced Palin as his running mate. Times are hard and getting harder....We should celebrate what is groundbreaking about Sarah Palin: a card-carrying member of Feminists for Life is a big step forward from Housewives for Life. And then we should talk about the issues.

SOURCES: Nielsen: "Coverage of day three of the GOP convention drew a large female audience (19.5 million) — 5.2 million more women than tuned in for day two of the Democratic convention, when Hillary Clinton addressed the delegates, and 6.9 million more women than watched Joe Biden accept the Democrats' vice presidential nomination."

"Gov. Palin's numbers are comprised of viewers on NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC. The Democratic convention was covered by two additional networks that aren’t airing the Republican convention: TV One and BET."

Mrs. Palin did seek earmarks as Wasilla's mayor. But as governor, she ratcheted down the state's requests for federal dollars, telling the legislature last year Alaska "cannot and must not rely so heavily on federal government earmarks." Her budget chief directed state agencies to reduce earmark requests to only "the most compelling needs" with "a strong national purpose," explaining to reporters "we really want to skinny it down."

The state government's earmark requests to Congress in her first year in office exceeded $550 million, more than $800 per resident. But there's only so much Palin could do with state bureaucrats used to a free-flowing spigot of federal dollars from Washington."

My common-woman advice to Palin on addressing the "bridge to nowhere" early support then later non-support: Say to the media "When you the media finally, officially hold Obama accountable for his 15 flip-flops, then you can fault me for this one!"

McCain didn't make the same "lipstick on pig" comment about Hillary but rather about her universal healthcare plans. See it for yourself on YouTube in not one but two speeches.

There are indeed many on the liberal side (just google this string: "lipstick on pig mccain hillary -obama") who are deadset convinced that McCain called Hillary herself "a pig with lipstick". The liberals got all incensed thinking this when McCain said it, though they were totally wrong. Now those on the right are getting all incensed, though they are wrong too, and yet the liberals attack back for the same misguided outrage they still cling to?? Come on! Perhaps liberals ought to calm down a little first and set a good example for us conservatives?

By the end, Democrats knew they had been dinged, and badly. After the speech they descended on cable news en masse with the dart-eyed, moist-browed look of the operative who doesn't believe his talking points. They seemed like they were thinking, "I've seen this movie before and it doesn't end well." Actually they haven't seen it before in that Palin is something new, but they have seen it before in terms of what she said.

This is exactly, to the letter, what I was thinking Chris Matthews looked like immediately after Palin's speech when he was asked, live on camera, what he thought. And others have ably observed Matthews' and other Obama-lover news folks' "sounded shell-shocked" reactions.

Listen to the actual commentary (or click the video below), staying tuned for the later part. Note the deep frown and furrowed brow of Matthews' face as he begrudgingly admits Palin's speech and demeanor were "very appealing...very strong." Matthews is not seen in the early part of this video, but when he does appear on camera, he truly looks like a deer caught in the headlights. There's a look of "oh, sh**" confusion in his eyes. Almost fear. He's truly stunned.

MATTHEWS: Well, I have to say that I was completely surprised by what I saw. I thought that, in selecting the governor of Alaska, they were offering up to the working women of the country who liked Hillary Clinton an alternative to Hillary Clinton.

[Ed.Note: Perhaps it has finally dawned on Matthews et. al. that that isn't what the GOP was offering up after all.]

At no time during her entire presentation did I think of Hillary Clinton. They have nothing in common.

What she did was offer a rejoinder to Barack Obama personally in his comments about bitterness and small town America, about religion especially. She offered a rejoinder to Michelle Obama in her [Palin's] pride, her relentless pride in America.

She is a torpedo aimed directly at the ship of Barack and Michelle Obama. That's what she is. She's an alternative to them. This is not an alternative to Hillary. This is a cultural alternative to Obama and his proposed first lady. This is a very direct cultural shot.

We will see how it works out. It has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton.

OLBERMANN: Agreed, and a great point.

There's a -- there's a series of strongly worded phrases in there, some might call them insults. There was a lot of sarcasm. And there even, if not -- it wasn't bitterness -- that's not the term I'm looking for -- any condescension in there towards Obama is -- and the Democrats and Joe Biden and the rest of them, is that -- is that the right tone? Is that a - - a tool to be used outside of that convention hall, Chris?

[Ed.Note: "Condescension is an interesting word. Here’s a woman who was belittled for being a small-town mayor by a guy who described small-town people as clinging to their guns and religion because they’re bitter. And yet, when she hits him back, she’s the condescending one."]

MATTHEWS: Well, she posed it as a response to an attack, as if she were playing defense, very much in the way that Barack Obama did in his presentation last week. It was in response to an attack.

She was defending small-town America, in a way that -- that it was very -- very affecting, I think. I think it was a very appealing presentation. I think people will like her.

I have been speaking for weeks now about a Norma Rae America, these small-town working people, working women, who have to stand up against factory owners and bosses and maybe sometimes husbands. I think she had a certain way about her that made that a -- very appealing, that she was standing up for -- for her, for herself and her family.

I -- I found it very appealing. But, again, it has nothing to do with Hillary Clinton. It had to do with a cultural challenge to Barack Obama, very strong...... very strong, about bitterness in small-town America and about pride in America from the time of birth, very strong.

OTHER NEWS FOLKS' COMMENTS:NORAH O`DONNELL, NBC CHIEF WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: There`s no doubt this woman is tough. She nailed this speech. But, at times, it was sarcastic.

[Ed.Note: and Obama doesn't use sarcasm occasionally?]

MATTHEWS: OK. The last word, is this the first time a candidate for vice president of the United States has ever said: "We met in high school and two decades and five children, he`s still my guy"? I think that was a winner. A lot of guys like to hear women say that. They like women to like us.

The latest smear is an attempt to paint Palin as an anti-Semite. Two weeks ago, the executive director of a group called Jews for Jesus spoke at Palin’s church. Her pastor says she was in church that day. The guest speaker made some controversial comments and insinuated that the conflict in the Middle East is attributable to God’s “judgment of unbelief.” So, just to be clear: This was a guest speaker, not a man that Palin sought out, befriended, and received spiritual guidance from for over 20 years.

"After Abortion,...run by Emily Peterson and Annie Banno, two women who had abortions in the 1970s, ...tries to avoid the political tug-of-war that tends to come with this turf. They concentrate instead on discussing the troubling personal effects of abortion on the mothers." ~ Eric Scheske, Godspy contributing editor, in NC Register's "Signs of Life in the Blogosphere", 2/2006

"I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion...[many are] aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and [do] not doubt that it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace...You will come to understand that nothing is definitively lost and you will also be able to ask forgiveness from your child..."

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